Kevin McCarthy Loses EIGHTH Bid For House Speaker

Kevin McCarthy Loses EIGHTH Bid For House Speaker

The 118th session of Congress entered its third day on Tuesday, though the proceedings of the House remain paralyzed until a Speaker is successfully voted in and swears the remaining members into office. McCarthy’s bid for the job has been repeatedly undermined as he attempts to negotiate with the hard-line Republican holdouts who’ve so far prevented him from reaching the 218 votes he needs.

Eight speaker ballots. Eight. I expect the Marquis de Sade to be nominated for speaker.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. - Rep. Adam Schiff

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Ukraine pleads with allies to send tanks as fighting grinds on in east
• Biden says Bradley Fighting Vehicles are on the table for Ukraine
• France to deliver 'light tanks' to Ukraine
• Putin tells Erdogan: Ukraine must accept loss of territories for there to be dialogue

Insurrectionists were in the House before 1/6, and they never left. - Christopher Bouzy tweet

Sen. Patty Murray Is Now Second In Line To The Presidency Thanks To Republicans

Two months ago, polls showed Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., at risk of losing her seat.

Now, she is second in line to the presidency.

Murray, 72, was sworn in Tuesday for her sixth term and was promptly elected as the president pro tempore of the Senate — a position that would normally put her third in the order of succession, after the vice president and the speaker of the House. But, of course, there is no speaker of the House.

Think the coup attempt isn’t ongoing? The twenty morons who currently have the House crippled are criminals who asked Donald Trump for a pardon. This isn’t political. It’s criminal. - Jack Hopkins tweet

Of course the House republicans are unable to even elect a Speaker. They’re terrorists, not legislators. - Scary Larry tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump’s spell over GOP breaks with McCarthy meltdown
• Matt Gaetz votes for Trump for speaker
• House Descends into Chaos in Closing Minutes of Tight Vote on Whether to Force Seventh Speaker Vote
• Hannity Throws Down with Boebert Over Speakership Vote: 'I Asked You a Simple Question, Congresswoman'
• Tucker Carlson Rips 'Snarling Face' Dan Crenshaw After Congressman Calls McCarthy Holdouts 'Terrorists'
• ‘I Jinxed McCarthy’: Watters ‘Sorry’ for Repeatedly Referring to Kevin McCarthy as ‘Speaker’ During Interviews
• 'Stand Back, I’m Gonna Defend Matt Gaetz': Tapper Says Congressman's Anti-McCarthy Gambit 'Does Not Outrage Me'
• GOP Rep. Draws Howls After Accusing Democrats Of Drinking On House Floor
• Kari Lake, Months After Losing Her Election, Is Now Calling Herself 'The Duly Elected Governor' of Arizona

This would never happen to Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi. - Rep. Ada, Schiff

Uh, Oh. Elon Musk Jinxed Kevin McCarthy

Twitter CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday that Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) “should be Speaker” as the House enters its third day of voting for the chamber’s top spot.

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden hits highest approval rating in more than a year
• Biden to visit El Paso on Sunday, his first trip to the border since taking office
• Biden Draws Laugh From Reporters With Quip Lampooning Republicans Over Speaker Chaos
• U.S. defends Biden's student debt relief plan in Supreme Court brief
• Stabenow to leave Senate next year, setting off battleground-state jostling
• Casey reveals prostate cancer diagnosis, expects 'minimal disruption' of Senate work

Nancy Pelosi said it best, 'Thank God Republicans were not in the majority on January 6th'.

Yep, COVID Is Still Changing

Germany's health minister has expressed concern over a new COVID-19 subvariant linked to growing hospitalisations in the northeastern United States, adding that Berlin was watching the situation closely.

As much of the world looks to rising COVID cases in China, infectious disease experts have also been increasingly worried about the highly contagious Omicron XBB.1.5, which made up more than 40% of U.S. cases, official data showed last week.

Calling it “An Embarrassment,” Vladimir Putin Resigns From Republican Party. - Andy Borowitz

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Business/Tech News

• Bed Bath & Beyond warns investors of possible bankruptcy
• White House: Southwest Airlines failed its customers
• Peloton to pay $19M penalty over treadmill defects
• Adam Kinzinger Named CNN Senior Political Commentator

Scientists Believe Earth Will Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions Before Kevin McCarthy is Elected Speaker. - Andy Borowitz

So, How's It Going Over At Twitter?

More than 200 million Twitter accounts, including email addresses, were leaked this week, raising privacy and security concerns.

Alan Gal, the co-founder of Israeli security firm Hudson Rock, reportedly first uncovered the leak and took to social media to alert the public.

GOOD NEWS: Damar Hamlin is 'AWAKE and showing signs of improvement' says Bills teammate Kaiir Elam as physicians reveal the Buffalo safety is 'neurologically intact' after suffering on-field cardiac arrest on Monday.

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Odd News

• A giant plasma cloud bursts from the sun, but fortunately it won't hit Earth
• Get ready to photograph E3 Comet next month as it comes the closest to Earth
• Study shows how Viking age left mark on genetics of Scandinavians
• Tailgating not allowed at SoFi Stadium for Georgia-TCU national championship game
• A doctor battled for 5 hours to save the life of a passenger whose heart stopped twice on a flight from London to India

Time To Deflate Photo

The Crested guineafowl is living proof that Mother Nature has a sense of humor.

Peace.